SLP 2022: Congratulations to All the Winners!

It's a wrap! Thank you for joining us last night at the Victoria Theatre, as we celebrated the best of Sing Lit! Congratulations to all 16 winners, including Cikgu Suratman Markasan and Prof Wang Gungwu, who are the oldest winners in SLP history.

The winning books of SLP 2022 are:

POETRY​

• Gandoura (Gandoura) by Hartinah binte Ahmad

• லயாங் லயாங் குருவிகளின் கீச்சொலிகள் (Layang Layang Bird Tweets) by இன்பா (Inbha) 

• 《我们不知道的归类》(Unable to Classify) by 语凡 (Yu Fan)

• One to the Dark Tower Comes by Yeow Kai Chai

CREATIVE NONFICTION

• Mengasah Kalam Jilid 2 (Honing the Pen Volume 2) by Suratman Markasan  

• மொழிவழிக் கனவு (Dream Through Language) by அழகுநிலா (Azhagunila)

• 《小东西》(Little Things) by 黄凯德 (Wong Koi Tet) 

• Home is Where We Are by Wang Gungwu

FICTION

• Kepala Kotak (Box Head (Literal translation)) by Farihan Bahron

• அம்பரம் (The sky, atmosphere/ infinite space, either, as one of the elements) by ரமா சுரேஷ் (Rama Suresh) 

• 《丹那美拉的潮声》(Sounds of the Tides @ Tanah Merah) by 希尼尔 (Xi Ni Er)

• Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an Insignificant Japanese Poet by Jee Leong Koh

READERS' FAVOURITE

• Kampong Keranji 1948 - 1973 (Kampong Kranji 1948 - 1973) by Ali bin Salim

• அம்பரம் (The sky, atmosphere/ infinite space, either, as one of the elements) by ரமா சுரேஷ் (Rama Suresh)

• 《太阳正走过半个下午》(The Sun Just Past Mid-afternoon) by 潘正镭 (Pan Cheng Lui)

• Shantih Shantih Shantih by Daryl Qilin Yam

Our Guest-of-Honour, Minister of Culture, Community and Youth, Edwin Tong, also presented the SBC Achievement Award to Edwin Thumboo. Read the essay "Understanding Edwin Thumboo" by Gwee Li Sui in the ceremony e-Booklet here. You can also to find out more about the shortlisted and winning writers and their works 

Check out more about the winning books here and the Readers’ Favourite winners here! Keep a lookout on our website for more public events to meet the SLP authors.

Relive the SLP 2022 Ceremony Online!

We'd Love to Hear From You!